Improvement in leathers for neck-yokes for carriages



H. SANDERS.

Neck Yoke for Carriaugesl No.,110,074. Patented Dec, 13, 1870,

l I ante $iatzz than dffim HENRY sANnE-Rs', or JU-TIOA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 110,0i4i, dated December 13, 1870.

'IMPROVEMENTIN LEATHERS FORNECK-VOKES FOR CARRIAGES.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern:

j Be it known that I, HENRY SANDERS, of Utica,

county -.of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Manner of Leathering Wooden Neck-Yokes for Carriages;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingand to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Having leathered neck-yokes'for a long time on the old plan, viz.,making a round hole in the leather to fit the pole, I found that by theconstant twisting motion of the yoke on the pole'the leather soon rippedwhere it'was stitched, and also that the leather cracked and tore apartbetween the hole in theleather and .the yoke.

121 c 'ring to prevent the leather from stretching when on the pole,-the iron ring causing it to keep its shape; but the main object I havein viewis, by constructing the leather part of the yoke 'in this manner,that I accomplish a very simple and a very desirable result in'a verycheap and durable manner, viz., that the hole in the leather, being oval0r oblong, allows the neck-yoke to play in the pole of the carriage,forming a perfect swivel on it, thereby allowing the horses perfectfreedom of ,action.-

All that is necessary to enable others to make them is for ,the ovalor-oblong ring to be made about onethirdflarger than thehole desired.Make the hole in the leather first, then insert the ring between theleather, 'and'stitch around it, both inside of it and outside also. v

' Claim.

What I claim. as my invention, and desire to se-. cure by LettersPatent, is-

The neck-yoke holder above described, consisting of an oval metal ringsurrounded by leather stitched in the manner specified, and having anoval opening for the tongue end, so as to allow lateral play to thesame, all substantially as shown and set forth. 7

' HENRY SANDERS. Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. ADAMS, EDWIN EGGNER.

